Rae Spoon

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Rae Spoon is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Their musical style has varied from country to electronic-influenced indie rock and folk punk.[1]

Personal life

Spoon was born in Calgary, Alberta and raised by evangelical Christian parents. Spoon now lives in Montreal.[2]

After a decade of living as a trans man,[3] Spoon noted a preference for the pronoun "they" in 2012 during an interview with cartoonist Elisha Lim, a fellow advocate for the gender-neutral pronoun.[4] They explained to Now Magazine, "after years of fighting to be called ‘he,’ the idea of coming out again made me tired. But now I feel kind of rejuvenated, ready to fight on some more. I think the ‘they’ pronoun is a pretty cool thing. It’s letting a lot of people not have to identify as a man or a woman. Whatever it means to them.".[5]

Career

Spoon has performed with such artists as Annabelle Chvostek, Ember Swift, Kinnie Starr, Melissa Ferrick, The Be Good Tanyas, Bitch & Animal, Natalie Merchant and Earl Scruggs.[6] They have performed at festivals including North Country Fair, South Country Fair, Under the Volcano Festival, and the Vancouver,[6] Regina, Ottawa, Calgary, Edmonton, Brandon Folk, Music & Art Festival and Winnipeg folk festivals.

Spoon's breakthrough album, 2008's Superioryouareinferior, was recorded in Calgary and introduced some electronic music elements into Spoon's style.[1] Superioryouareinferior was a longlisted nominee for the 2009 Polaris Music Prize.[7]

They have also published First Spring Grass Fire, a book of short stories about growing up in Alberta. Arsenal Pulp Press released the book in the fall of 2012.[5] The book was a nominee for the 2013 Lambda Literary Awards in the Transgender Fiction category.[8]

Spoon has stated that First Spring Grass Fire was written to help them prepare for the production of a National Film Board of Canada documentary about their life and music, My Prairie Home, directed by Chelsea McMullan. The film was released in the fall of 2013.[2][9]

Discography

  • Honking At Minivans (2001)
  • Throw Some Dirt On Me (2003)
  • Your Trailer Door (2005)
  • White Hearse Comes Rolling (2006)
  • Trucker's Memorial (2006, with Rodney Decroo)
  • Superioryouareinferior (2008)
  • Worauf Wartest Du? (2009, with Alexandre Decoupigny)
  • Love is a Hunter (2010)
  • I Can't Keep All of Our Secrets (2012)
  • My Prairie Home (2013)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rae Spoon's Long View. Exclaim!, October 2008.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kelly, Brendan (13 December 2013). "Rae Spoon is different by nature, and proud of it". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 13 December 2013. 
  3. ↑ "He said/she said?", SEE Magazine, 2003-05-08, retrieved 2007-09-22 
  4. ↑ "Elisha Lim and Rae Spoon: Talking Shop". No More Potlucks, January 2012.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Rae Spoon: Powerful album reignites the pronoun debate". NOW, January 26, 2012.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Rae Spoon offers an affectionate homage to another era". Xtra!, July 7, 2005.
  7. ↑ "Pop goes Rae Spoon". Exclaim!, September 2010.
  8. ↑ "Rae Spoon, Kamal Al-Solaylee among Canadian Lambda nominees". Quill & Quire, March 6, 2013.
  9. ↑ Lederman, Marsha (28 September 2013). "My Prairie Home". Globe and Mail. Retrieved 6 November 2013. 

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